Policy information sourced from Brentwood Local Plan
PC01: Safeguarding Employment Land
In order to maintain sufficient employment land supply to meet identified needs, within those areas designated for general employment development, as shown on the Brentwood Policies Map, the Council will only approve redevelopment proposals from offices, light industrial, research and development (within Class E), B2, B8 or sui generis employment uses to nonemployment uses where one or more of the following criteria apply:
- the proposal is for ancillary non-residential uses that provide employment, and there is no reasonable prospect for the site to be used for the above purposes; or
- the proposal is for any other use and the application is supported by reliable evidence of reasonable efforts made to secure re-use for all of the above uses including ancillary non-residential uses that provides employment and which evidence demonstrates there is no realistic prospect of the site or buildings being used or re-used for these purposes in their own right or, through refurbishment, adaptation, subdivision or redevelopment.
Development proposals (including the redevelopment of existing developed areas) on designated employment land within the Green Belt will be considered in line with national and local green belt policy.
For more information please see the Local Plan